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Hit the Water
Beat the summer heat and enjoy nature with one of our canoe and kayak programs.
Find a program near you >>
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Go Wild for Wachusett
Our free Discovery Days strikes again, this time in Princeton on Saturday, August 7.
Check out what's on tap >> (hint: there will be ice cream)
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Connected!
 
Also check out our other great publications and e-newsletters.
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Time is Running Out
A few months ago, we were issued a challenge by a small group of supporters: raise $100,000 and they'll donate $100,000. The deadline is June 30 and we have $16,000 to go.
Help us meet the challenge by donating today >>
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Save the
Date!
Allens Pond annual Duck Derby is August 14. Join in
the festivities, or better yet, be part of the race by adopting a duck. You could win dinner for 2 anywhere in the world!
Get
your duck now >>
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Like Taking Photos?
Share your pics now >>
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Calling All Campers
With 16 day camps (and one overnight camp) from the Berkshires to the Cape & Islands, and everywhere
in between, there's a Mass Audubon camp near you.
Sign up for camp now >>
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Page
Turners
Looking for a book to enjoy this summer? Follow along with Felix Neck's Sustainable Book Club.
Get their summer picks >>
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Nature
Bingo, Anyone?
Download a set of Spring Nature Bingo
cards to bring on your next outdoor adventure.
Find
them here (pdf) >>
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Take a Trip
Did you know Mass Audubon leads tours near and far? From safaris to foliage tours, we emerse ourselves in local cultures and take part in world-class birding.
Check out where we're heading next >>
Banner Photo © Paul Rezendes
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Introducing Explorations
We live in a busy, busy world, and sometimes it's hard to keep up with everything. The Mass Audubon community is no exception. That's why we started Explorations, our new, statewide (and beyond!) e-newsletter.
Every other month, we'll share what's happening both behind the scenes and out in the field. Of course, we'd love to hear what you would most like to see here. Please send us an email with your thoughts or feedback.
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LAND PROTECTION
 This Land is Your Land
From mountains to marshes and rivers to rocky shores, Mass Audubon has been preserving land since 1922.
Now with 34,000 acres across the state, our strategies have evolved but our goal remains the same: Saving land for this and future generations.
Get a glimpse into our land protection work >>
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PROGRAM NOTES
Top 5 Wild Edibles
The great outdoors is teeming with tasty and healthful
“wilds” — plants high in vitamins and antioxidants. To find them, all it takes is a healthy dose of
curiosity, a good field-guide, and a sense of adventure.
Five classic edibles worth foraging for (and the programs that will teach you more) >>
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SNAPSHOT
Where In Mass Audubon Are We Now?
Mass Audubon preserves a wide variety of landscapes. In each edition of Explorations, we'll share some of them with you. To make it more fun, we want you to guess where in Mass Audubon this photo was taken. Get the answer right and you'll be entered into a raffle to win a prize.
Hint: From this sanctuary, you can see a stunning view of Massachusett's highest mountain. Email us your guess.
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 BIRD BRIEF
Welcome Back Vireo
For many years, the warbling vireo, a plain-to-look-at-but-lovely-to-hear songbird, was notably absent from the southern part of the state.
But according to the latest research from Mass Audubon's Birding Breed Atlas team, it's here in record numbers.
Pop Quiz: What is the amusing mnemonic often used to help identify the warbling vireos song? >>
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CITIZEN SCIENCE
The Beauty of Butterflies
Many things come to mind when you think of summer, but none as cheerful
as butterflies.
To learn about the state of butterflies, Mass Audubon staff and volunteers spent 4 years collecting data on butterflies in Massachusetts, and created the Butterfly Atlas.
The monitoring is over, but there is still plenty to do to ensure butterflies are here for summers to come.
Help maintain a butterfly garden or sign up for a program.
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